Melting Lead

[Elton]

Yeah, I don't think I'll make a habit of it, Bill. It's just that I happen to have a load of lead that's been sitting here for years, and somebody else happens to have the mould. Only thing we need, I think, is a pot and some wire. My camping stoves will do the rest.

[chesters1]

big cast iron pots are best ,put it on a barbi and blast it with a leaf blower and it will melt very quickly ,ladle it out with an iron ladle with a welded handle or decent rivets .never use ali domestic pots there has been nasty things happening with them over the years.

using a barbi also means its outside and safe but use protection ofcourse !molton lead will do big damage to skin

[Guest tigger]

I wonder how they make small lead split shot ?

[Manxman]

Lead shot was originally made by dropping molten lead from a "Shot Tower". Probably a more refined method these days tho'

[five bellies]

Lead shot was originally made by dropping molten lead from a "Shot Tower". Probably a more refined method these days tho'

 

 

Nope still the same

[Ken Davison South Wales]

To hell with all that c**p, stripping lead from church roofs and trying to find lead waste pipes to nick much easier to pop into your local tackle store and buy them.

[Norrie]

To hell with all that c**p, stripping lead from church roofs and trying to find lead waste pipes to nick much easier to pop into your local tackle store and buy them.

 

 

Ken, Its not if your fishing our east coast, and lose mibbes 20 a session each btw......:) or need to buy bell weights of around 2lbs...:)

[Guest tigger]

Lead shot was originally made by dropping molten lead from a "Shot Tower". Probably a more refined method these days tho'

 

 

Don't get you, how would that make bb's, no4's etc ?

[ayjay]

Don't get you, how would that make bb's, no4's etc ?

 

It's poured through a sieve with different sizes of mesh for different sized shot.

 

>>>> Shot tower - Wikipedia

[barry luxton]

Ken, Its not if your fishing our east coast, and lose mibbes 20 a session each btw......:) or need to buy bell weights of around 2lbs...:)

 

 

Alright for Ken, he's rich. this summer me and me mate topped up our our biggy leads that we use for fast tide and deep water, 3 and 4 pounders. We spend an afternoon in the garden, have a couple of cans of beer each, cut the cans in half and fill with lead and a lump of wire, sorted.